NUTS-3 FRC13 · France
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire generates €18bn of GDP across 548.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (72.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable49 → 48 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost88
Air quality67
Resilience65
Cost advantage58
Industrial base57
Talent & skills53
Quality of life44
Freight intensity42
Economic base41
Growth momentum38
Governance38
Connectivity32
Labour market28
Demographic outlook21
Digital readiness16
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.4
Livability44.2
Market access45
Economic scale80
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
64.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability85
Labour stability56
Diversification77
Demographic stability40
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density41
Airport access10
Market access45
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
53
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary63
Lifelong learning63
Knowledge workers63
Scientists & engineers23
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
67.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1012.4 µg/m³
NO212.4 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
44.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs26
Education36
Health72.5
Safety36.7
Connectivity28.5
Environment68.3
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
38.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.8 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 2094
Agriculture 4.2%Industry 20.7%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.5%Public · health · education 25.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€18,460M2024
2.9% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€16,415M2025
0.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Population
548,8442025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Unemployment rate
7.0%2025
4.5% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
218,2002024
0.8% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Productivity / employee
€86,2232025
1.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Gross value added
€16,487M2024
2.4% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,487M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€700M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,418M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,097M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — construction (F)
€1,137M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,784M
2024 · EU pctl 74
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,100
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 41
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
2024 · EU pctl 46
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,851M
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,525M
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€28,666M
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,573M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — information & communication (J)
€161M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,198M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,251M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€16,415M
2025 · EU pctl 80
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,223
2025 · EU pctl 56
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,155M
2025 · EU pctl 80
Labour market
Employment, total persons
218,200
2024 · EU pctl 76
Self-employed persons
28,300
2024 · EU pctl 69
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,200
2024 · EU pctl 72
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.0%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
233,700
2025 · EU pctl 76
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,588
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise births
4,492
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise deaths
3,556
2023 · EU pctl 81
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
2023 · EU pctl 83
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.8%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
12.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.3%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,104,650
2025 · EU pctl 71
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,711
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,788 kt
2025 · EU pctl 75
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
22 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
312
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
311,970
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
153,240
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
83,634
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.1%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Live births
4,094
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
6,788
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.9%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
64 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 24
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
457,849
2100 · EU pctl 79
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
632 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
864 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
227 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
388 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,125 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
62 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
2022 · EU pctl 44
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
2022 · EU pctl 39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 37
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2022 · EU pctl 43
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
2022 · EU pctl 0
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 12
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 44
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
357 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 72
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 23
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 50
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 30
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
75.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.5%
2021 · EU pctl 55
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